• Raxiel@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s only in place upgrades that are really affected by that. You can still do a clean install on quite old hardware.

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      1 year ago

      My last laptop I bought with the top of the line latest CPU at that time, and Windows 10 on it. I think originally that processor wasn’t even going to be supported by anything older than 10, which created a big stink at the time.

      That proc generation isn’t supported by 11, so really, it was only ever a Windows 10 processor.

      I’m generally okay with ending hardware support at some point, but that was really quick to cut off something like the processor that could easily have 10+ years of usable life.